의미연결망 분석(Semantic Network Analysis)을 통한 우리나라 음악교육의 연구 경향 분석

Analysis of Research Trends of South Korean Music Education through Semantic Network Analysis -Focusing on “Korean Journal of Research in Music Education”-

본 연구의 목적은 의미연결망 분석방법으로 ‘음악교육연구’의 논문들을 분석하여, 각 주제들의 상호의미 관계를 파악함으로써 ‘음악교육연구’의 경향을 살펴보는데 있다. 분석대상으로는 우리나라의 ‘한국음악교육학회’에서 발행하는 ‘음악교육연구’ 학술지의 논문 중 2010년부터 2014년까지, 총 5개년의 171편의 초록을 대상으로 하였다. 한국어 메시지 분석 소프트웨어인 KrKwic과 의미연결망 분석 프로그램인 UCINET의 NetDraw를 통해 시각화 한 후에 연결링크수와 연결정도중심성, 매개중심성을 분석하였다. 분석결과 ‘음악’, ‘교육’, ‘교사’, ‘수업’, ‘교수(敎授)’라는 단어가 음악교육연구의 중심을 이루고 있으며, ‘음악’은 ‘학교’ 내의 음악과 더욱 밀접한 관련을 지니고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 음악교육의 연구가 ‘학생’보다는 ‘교사’와 상대적으로 높은 연결성을 보이고 있었다. 본 연구는 의미연결망 분석 방법이 음악교육의 다양한 연구 분야에 적용될 수 있는 가능성을 시사하고 있다.

This research aims to apply the method of semantic network analysis to analyze and take a look at research trends of music education by identifying the correlations between relevant subjects. Further, it seeks to explore the possibility of applications of semantic network analysis in other research fields of music education as well as research trends. The subject materials for analysis are abstracts of 171 theses on ‘Korean Journal of Research in Music Education’ published by the Korean Music Education Society, one of the leading academic publishers on music education in South Korea, over five years from 2010 to 2014. Analysis was conducted on the number of connecting links, the centrality of the connecting degree, and the centrality of mediums by analyzing the contents with KrKwic, a program to analyze Korean messages and visualizing them with NetDraw of UCINET, a semantic network analysis program. The results of analysis showed that among major terms consisting of music education research are ‘music’, ‘education’, ‘teacher’, ‘class’, ‘tutoring’, and so on, and ‘music’ has a closer relevance with music in school. It was also notable that music education research is more closely connected to ‘teachers’ rather than ‘students’. This research has implications in that it explored the possibility of application of the research in various fields of music education research as well as being useful to supplement the methodologies of analyzing the trends of current music education research.